Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The event was held on the 9 and 10 September 1972. There were a total number of 14 nations competing.[1]

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	9–10 September
Competitors	from 14 nations
Medalists
Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt  East Germany Mable Fergerson, Madeline Manning, Cheryl Toussaint, Kathy Hammond  United States Anette Rückes, Inge Bödding, Hildegard Falck, Rita Wilden  West Germany

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics.

World Record	3:29.28	Monika Zehrt Rita Kühne Ingelore Lohse Helga Seidler	Helsinki (FIN)	27 July 1972

Results

Final

• Held on 10 September 1972

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	East Germany (GDR)	• Dagmar Käsling • Rita Kühne • Helga Seidler • Monika Zehrt	3:22.95 (WR)
	United States (USA)	• Mable Fergerson • Madeline Manning • Cheryl Toussaint • Kathy Hammond	3:25.15
	West Germany (FRG)	• Anette Rückes • Inge Bödding • Hildegard Falck • Rita Wilden	3:26.51
4.	France (FRA)	• Martine Duvivier • Colette Besson • Bernadette Martin • Nicole Duclos	3:27.5
5.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Verona Bernard • Janet Simpson • Jannette Roscoe • Rosemary Stirling	3:28.7
6.	Australia (AUS)	• Allison Ross-Edwards • Raelene Boyle • Cheryl Peasley • Charlene Rendina	3:28.8
7.	Finland (FIN)	• Marika Eklund • Pirjo Wilmi • Tuula Rautanen • Mona-Lisa Strandvall	3:29.4
8.	Soviet Union (URS)	• Lyubov Runtso • Olga Syrovatskaia • Natalya Chistiakova • Nadezhda Kolesnikova	3:31.9

Semifinals

• Held on 9 September 1972

Heat 1

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	West Germany (FRG)	• Anette Rückes • Inge Bödding • Hildegard Falck • Rita Wilden	3:29.3
2.	France (FRA)	• Martine Duvivier • Colette Besson • Bernadette Martin • Nicole Duclos	3:30.0
3.	Soviet Union (URS)	• Lyubov Runtso • Olga Syrovatskaia • Natalya Chistiakov • Nadezhda Kolesnikova	3:30.2
4.	Finland (FIN)	• Marika Eklund • Pirjo Wilmi • Tuula Rautanen • Mona-Lisa Strandvall	3:30.8
5	Cuba (CUB)	• Asuncion Acosta • Marcela Chibás • Beatriz Castillo • Aurelia Pentón	3:32:4
6.	Sweden (SWE)	• Eva-Charlotte Malmström • Elisabeth Randerz • Ann Larsson • Karin Lundgren	3:32.6
7.	Barbados (BAR)	• Lorna Forde • Barbara Bishop • Marcia Trotman • Heather Gooding	3:44.5

Heat 2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	East Germany (GDR)	• Dagmar Käsling • Rita Kühne • Helga Seidler • Monika Zehrt	3:28.5 (WR)
2.	United States (USA)	• Mable Fergerson • Madeline Manning • Cheryl Toussaint • Kathy Hammond	3:28.6
3.	Australia (AUS)	• Allison Ross-Edwards • Raelene Boyle • Cheryl Peasley • Charlene Rendina	3:30.0
4.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Janet Simpson • Verona Bernard • Jannette Roscoe • Rosemary Stirling	3:30.1
5.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Ruth Williams • Una Morris • Rosie Allwood • Yvonne Saunders	3:31.98
6.	Austria (AUT)	• Christiane Casapicola • Maria Sykora • Gerlinde Massing • Karoline Käfer	3:42.2
—	Poland (POL)	• Bozena Zientarska • Krystyna Kacperczyk • Elżbieta Katolik • Danuta Piecyk	DSQ

References

1. "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

External links

• Official Report
• Results